しょ
りょ
 

noun

  1. floating lanterns or offerings for the spirits of the deceased.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しょ
りょ
 
精霊流し しょうりょうながし
しょう
ろう
なが
 
精霊流し しょうろうながし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

refined, ghost, fairy
セイ ショウ しら.げる (5th, N3)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
blue, green
あお セイ お (1st, N4)
life (生) variant
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
spirits, soul
レイ リョウ たま (8th, N1)
rain
あめ あま- ウ (1st, N5)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
business(業) variant
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
current, a sink, flow
リュウ なが.れる ながれ (3rd, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
a cup with pendants, a pennant, wild
inverted child
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
かわ セン か (1st, N5)